As the 2026 Olympic Winter Games begin today, news articles are full of juicy claims that male ski jumpers have injected fillers into their penises to gain flight advantages.
As rumoured, having a larger bulge on the required 3D body scan taken in pre-season could give jumpers extra centimeters of material in their jumpsuits – and the suit’s larger bottom area provides more surface area for the gold to glide through. Even a small increase can make a satisfying difference in this game. A 2025 simulation-based study published in the journal Frontiers in Sports and Active Living suggested that every 2 cm of extra fabric in a ski jumpsuit could increase drag by about 4 percent and lift by about 5 percent. The simulations found that in one jump, an extra 2 cm of fabric equates to an extra 5.8 metres.
Elite ski jumpers know about the benefits and have already been scammed with related schemes. Last year, two Norwegian Olympic medalists, Marius Lindvik and Johan Andre Forfang, and three of their team officials were accused of fraud after an anonymous video showed the head coach and suit technician re-stitching the crotch area of two jumpers’ suits to illegally enlarge them. The jumpers received a three-month suspension, while the head coach, an assistant coach and a technician faced stiff 18-month bans.
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